If you need extra room in your house you might think about building a small apartment over your garage. Ther are many types of garage apartment plans and there are many things you can do with a garage apartment including using it as a living space for your college age son or daughter.

With these kinds of garage ideas, you will be adding valuable space that can be used in many ways and will add flexibiliy to your home. Not only that, but you will be adding value to your home as well when it comes time to sell. A garage apartment is great for a guest room because it give that extra feeling of privacy. For a guest that is staying for a longer period of time, that living space above the garage will work perfectly.

Depending on how you have it set up, you might even be able to rent this room if you need to. In that case it would have to have some form of outside entry so that the renter could come and go as they pleased like a real apartment. You also might have to get a garage door insulation kit. Many people also use their garage apartments for their parents when they get too old to have their own homes. This type of garage apartment plan allows the parents to still feel like they are somewhat on their own but with the added comfort that someone is close by if needed.

How about using this extra space as an office? For tax purposes, if you need to prove that your home office is separate from your home, an office over a detached garage is a perfect solution. Before you start building anything over your garage however, make sure you get all the local permits you might need from your city. You need permits now for almost anything you build it seems, so make sure you do all the necessary research before you get started with these types of garage ideas.

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I'm Jess and this is my blog about cool ideas for the garage. Ever since I realized I could do anything I wanted to and in our garage, my wife has been a lot happier. I can do all my hobbies there and not disrupt the "civilized" part of the house.